Sting even got himself banned from Chilean radio thanks to 'They Dance Alone', a haunting song that resulted from his meeting with some of South America's "Mothers of the Disappeared". It puts you ill at ease. So The Police did the unthinkable - they went to America. These were read throughs with local actors and new material was played publicly for the first time. In Summer 2016, Sting and Peter Gabriel undertook the critically acclaimed "Rock, Paper, Scissors" tour - a short 21 date summer tour of North America. Dressed up as a love song, the song was anything but - its sinister theme being one of obsession and surveillance. As a singles wrestler, Sting has technically won a total of thirteen World Heavyweight Championships in various promotions, though only ten of these reigns are recognized as "World" title reigns by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. In short, he says this election was a military-grade sting operation to bring down the criminal power structure that has been ruling this country – and […] It also hinted at what was to come on later albums with its mix of musical genres and styles. Indeed, despite its release late in the year, the album was the best selling classical album of both 2006 and 2007 on the Billboard end of year chart. The highly anticipated 'Brand New Day' album (Sep 1999) proved to be Sting's most popular album in terms of sales - in excess of eight million copies world-wide. Sting later admitted that he felt 'Zenyatta' was the band's weakest album but by the end of 1980 the band were undoubtedly the biggest-selling band in the country selling out two shows in a huge marquee on Tooting Bec Common in London. Sting has clarified in an interview that he meant Tarot cards, "...the suits of the cards – diamonds mean money, clubs are weapons, spades are swords and the hearts are love – and I got more involved in this thing.The shape of the heart is not the shape of the human heart so there's a kind of conflict there between reality and fantasy." The song was released from the album Chris Botti in Boston. What, man, courage yet! For Sting's 64th birthday today (October 2), Billboard has compiled a list of the rocker's top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits, both with the Police and as a soloist. September 2013 saw the release of 'The Last Ship', the first album of original material since 2003's 'Sacred Love'. Depending on your point of view it was either impenetrably dense or his strongest work - only the listener can decide. He was also becoming more involved in contributing songs to movie soundtracks - there had always been a demand for Police songs, but in 1993 he had been approached to write the theme song for "Lethal Weapon 3", and together with Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen he duly complied with 'It's Probably Me'. He has held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship two times, … The momentum had started. The Jew shall have my flesh, blood, bones and all, Ere thou shalt lose for me one drop of blood. 1994 'Ten Summoner's Tales', Best Long Form Video Of The Year - Sting. The sound the trio made was unique though, and Sting's pin-up looks did them no harm at all. The album went on to win a Grammy in the Best Reggae Album category. It has been included on all of Sting's compilation albums since its release, namely Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 and The Very Best of Sting & The Police. 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